Monthly Archives: March 2016

Photo Friday: A Bit of Fun

Posted on March 31, 2016 by karen j carlisle

Since it’s April Fool’s Day, I thought I’d share some silliness with you – you know, the silly things you do when you discover a few new photo apps. Oh, the wonders of digital photography!            All photos © 2015, 2016 Karen Carlisle. All rights reserved.

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The Aftermath of a Long, Hot Summer.

Posted on March 26, 2016 by karen j carlisle

It’s Easter long weekend. It’s not over thirty degrees Celcius. And I’m free (and healthy enough) to potter in my beloved garden. It’s the first time I’ve had a hope of achieving something useful in the garden for months, without collapsing, getting sunburned or jar my knees digging in the hard-baked soil. Today’s mission was a full garden assessment…

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Photo Friday: Hidden Local History

Posted on March 24, 2016 by karen j carlisle

I’m on a local history research kick at the moment. It started with my tour along Pine Park and Linear Park for A Trail of Tales – which inspired my short story, Hunted.  A few weeks back another opportunity popped up – the Tea Tree Gully Historical Society and Tea Tree Gully Library organised a…

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The Serendipity of Procrasti-research

Posted on March 19, 2016 by karen j carlisle

I love research. I suppose it was all those years at university? Or possibly the endless searching through history books, or peering at low-grade video of television shows to spy that elusive seam on a specific costume? Perhaps it was uprooting the family to attend the Janet Arnold Costume Symposium in Florence (and my chance…

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Lazy? Long Weekend

Posted on March 14, 2016 by karen j carlisle

Australia – land of the long weekend – which means forgetting what day of the week it is. It’s Monday, not Sunday! So this post is late (slap on the wrist for me). This week has been fraught with many (many) distractions and much procrastination. We had some refreshing rain (the whole month’s average in…

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Photo Friday is Back!

Posted on March 11, 2016 by karen j carlisle

Time for a blog shake up, dear Reader. I’ve decided I need to flood the world with pretty pictures, so it’s time I start sharing my photographic work once more and reinstate Photo Friday. Photography has long been a passion of mine; I seriously considered photography or cinemetography as a career option. Now I get to play…

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Hunting The Trail For My Tale

Posted on March 6, 2016 by karen j carlisle

It’s Mad March here in Adelaide. We have the Adelaide Festival of Arts, Writers’ Week, beginning of Adelaide Racing Carnival (if you are into horse racing), Adelaide Fringe and Clipsal 500 (car racing). And this year I got my chance to be part of it – part of The Fringe. A few months ago, local writers and…

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